I'm a Libertarian living in Humboldt County, CA. I've lived here in Eureka since 1973 and joined the Libertarian Party in 1992. This blog will mostly focus on local political issues, but I may stray into state and national issues as well, when I can't help myself. Please post your comments by clicking on the "comments" link at the bottom of each post. Although I do moderate comments, you need not be a registered user to post them.

Friday, August 31, 2007

No More Popcorn

When was the last time you dialed POPCORN? Remember that number? It's the one you could call to find out what time it was. Another piece of history being delegated to Memory Lane as of September 19.

I don't remember the last time I called that number but it must have been over two decades ago. Those of you younger folks that haven't ever called it might want to call it now and hear what will soon be history.

If they wanted to, they could of installed new equipment to do the same thing. You can buy a small device to tell the time, date, and temp to attach to phone lines. Most likely they wanted the lines, and didn't want to pay for new equipment.

My grandpa died in 1973. He taught us kids how to use POPCORN (with any 4 digits in the place of CORN) back around 1955.

Who was the woman's voice who used to tell us the time at POPCORN before the gal who recorded the current time message about 20 years ago? Doesn't that earlier POPCORN time woman deserve some attention, too?

According to a website I found: The Pennsylvania hotel is a classic landmark hotel once favored by the famous, with Glen Miller composing the tune Pennsylvania 6500 to help him remember his favorite hotel's phone number.